Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes, Inc. and a former Republican presidential candidate called S&P's downgrade from AAA to AA + Friday, «an outrageous move» given that the government can still pay the interest and
principal on its bonds.
The principal on the bonds is tax - free, but you will owe income tax on some or all of the accrued interest.
When you buy U.S. Treasury or other municipal bonds from online brokerages, the brokerage acts as
principal on the bond transaction.
As a result of the intervention by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, even the bondholders of Bear Stearns stand to receive 100 % repayment of both interest and
principal on their bond investments.
In general, many bond and bond funds are considered to be lower risk because, for the most part, a bond holder will receive
the principal on the bond as long as the bond is held to maturity.
The biggest risk for this type of investor is the risk of default, because not only do you lose the income from the interest, you also potentially lose
the principal on the bond, and whatever principal you'll receive will be the result of legal proceedings.
Not exact matches
Issuing
bonds is one of the most routine things that happens in today's financial system; governments and companies get a sum of money today and pay interest
on it over time, before paying back the
principal at some agreed - upon future date, when the
bond «matures.»
Goldman Sachs
on Thursday said it reached an agreement in
principal to resolve a long running government investigation into its sales of residential mortgage
bonds in the run up to the financial crisis.
an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the
principal amount)
on a specific date;
bonds are a form of debt obligation; categories of
bonds are corporate, municipal, treasury, agency / GSE
The settlement also calls for the Malaysian side to take over all interest and
principal payments
on the two 2012 1MDB
bonds, which charge interest rates of nearly 6 percent and are due for full repayment by 2022.
The payment cycle is not necessarily aligned to the calendar year; it begins
on the «Dated Date,» which is either
on or soon after the
bond's issue date, and ends
on the
bond's maturity date, when the final coupon and return of
principal payment are paid.
These firms base their ratings
on the
bond issuer's financial health and likely ability to make interest payments and return the bondholders»
principal.
Default risk Historically, the risk of default
on principal, interest, or both, is greater for high yield
bonds than for investment grade
bonds.
A
bond represents a loan you make as an investor to a company in exchange for interest paid
on the
bond until maturity, when the company pays back the
principal.
Bond credit ratings are the equivalent to an individual's credit score and are designed to guage the risk that a bondholder will not receive a portion or all of the interest and principal payments they are due on a b
Bond credit ratings are the equivalent to an individual's credit score and are designed to guage the risk that a bondholder will not receive a portion or all of the interest and
principal payments they are due
on a
bondbond.
Highly rated companies that are financially strong and have massive amounts of cash
on their balance sheets — think Microsoft, Exxon, etc. — can typically offer
bonds with lower yields since investors are confident that the companies won't default (i.e., miss interest or
principal payments).
An issuer may default
on payment of the
principal or interest of a
bond.
Bond investments are subject to interest - rate risk (the risk of bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal paymen
Bond investments are subject to interest - rate risk (the risk of
bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal paymen
bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting
on interest or
principal payments).
Many individual bondholders believe the implications of interest rate fluctuations don't impact them because they'll receive their
principal value
on an individual
bond if held to maturity.
When you look at a
bond it's very easy to tell what you get back, it says it right
on the
bond, it says when you get the interest payments and the
principal.
The insurance companies have promised to make timely interest and
principal payments
on any
bonds covered by insurance if Puerto Rico defaults, said Rob Williams, director of income planning at the Schwab Center for Financial Research.
At Swanling Innovations, we're trying to base our work
on the same concept; the
principals of
bonding and giving children a sense of security.
In 2002,
Bond was
on leave from his job as
principal of Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, where a student shot eight students in 1997, killing three.
As of 2015, the LAO reports, the state still owes more than $ 50 billion in
principal and interest
on K - 12 school facility
bonds going back to 1988.
Studies suggest that optimally, a
principal needs to be at the helm for at least five years to establish
bonds of trust and have changes take root.69
On average, however, schools experience
principal turnover every three or four years.
These funds account for pledged revenues and payments of
principal, interest, and related fees
on any alternate
bonds.
Principal Brian Rainey said home base teachers form close
bonds with students — in some cases they even take
on the role of a surrogate parent.
Recipients get information about firms through
on - site visits, personal interviews, reviews of licenses, stock ownership, equipment,
bonding capacity, work completed, resume of
principal owners, financial capacity, and type of work preferred.
On January 1, 2010 you will receive a lump sum
principal payment for the first maturing
bond.
What it means: This yield measure represents the weighted average YTM of the
bonds in the fund as of a date, assuming that the
bonds will be held to maturity and that all coupon payments and the final
principal payment will be made
on schedule.
an interest - bearing promise to pay a specified sum of money (the
principal amount)
on a specific date;
bonds are a form of debt obligation; categories of
bonds are corporate, municipal, treasury, agency / GSE
With corporate
bonds, there is some recovery of
principal — not all of the
principal, of course, but 40 %
on average.
With a
bond, all that you can hope to get is your
principal and interest paid
on a timely basis.
Some retirees use the straight - forward strategy of leaving the
principal in their retirement accounts untouched and spending only the dividends
on stocks and the interest
on bonds or certificates of deposit (CDs).
Treasury receipt: A type of zero coupon
bond representing only the principal payment on a Treasury Bond with twenty years to matur
bond representing only the
principal payment
on a Treasury
Bond with twenty years to matur
Bond with twenty years to maturity.
The
bond issuers promise to pay you back for the full loan amount, also called par value, face value, maturity value or
principal, and usually with regular interest payments
on the par value.
When you purchase a municipal
bond, you are lending money to a state or local government entity, which in turn promises to pay you a specified amount of interest and return the
principal to you
on a specific maturity date.
In order to determine the constant yield to maturity
on a
bond, it is necessary to determine a constant discount rate that must be applied to each and every payment
on the
bond (
principal and interest) in order to produce an aggregate value (as of the issue date) that is equal to the issue price of the
bond.
«You want to make sure you get your
principal back
on the fixed - income side,» says Hank Cunningham, fixed - income strategist at Odlum Brown Limited and author of In Your Best Interest, a guide to Canadian
bonds.
The total return
on bonds consists of interest income plus or minus the change in price of the
principal amount.
Only
bonds that have not previously defaulted
on principal and or interest are listed.
On October 1, 2014, SunAmerica High Yield
Bond Fund (SHNAX) becomes SunAmerica Flexible Credit Fund, and that simultaneously make «certain changes to their
principal investment strategy and techniques.»
E * TRADE Securities may act as
principal or agent
on any
bond transaction.
Credit risk is the likelihood that the
bond issuer (corporation, state or local government agency, etc.) will be able to repay the
principal and interest
on the
bond in a timely manner.
When you buy an individual
bond, you buy a fixed income investment that pays you a specific fixed interest and «promises» to return you your
principal when due — i.e.
on the date when the
bond is matures.
The muni
bond has several maturity dates in which a portion of the
principal comes due
on a separate date until the entire
principal is repaid.
The annual percentage rate of interest paid
on the inflation - adjusted
principal of a specific issue of notes or
bonds.
2 Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) are Treasury
bonds that are adjusted to eliminate the effects of inflation
on interest and
principal payments, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The
bond is a debt security, under which the issuer owes the holders a debt and (depending
on the terms of the
bond) is obliged to pay them interest (the coupon) or to repay the
principal at a later date, termed the maturity date.
Youâ $ ™ d likely not recover all your
principal in your
bond either, but it could be in the 20 cents to 50 cents
on the dollar range.»